Privacy Law and Privacy Regulations

A California-based class action alleging website tracking violations under CIPA was transferred to New Jersey federal court, where the defendant's headquarters and decision-making occurred. The Northern District of California found that the locus of corporate conduct outweighed the plaintiffs' California residency and the California-only class, demonstrating that where tracking decisions are made can matter more than where users experience alleged privacy violations.

A federal court in California denied class certification in a consumer privacy lawsuit against an online shoe retailer, ruling that plaintiffs failed to prove their personal information was actually intercepted by website advertising technology. The decision establishes that merely visiting a website with adtech installed is insufficient to demonstrate Article III standing, requiring concrete evidence of data collection attributable to specific plaintiffs.

In the last few months, California and New Jersey enacted legislation to protect children online: California’s 13-bill package targets risks to children arising from emerging technologies, while New Jersey’s 3-bill package includes an age-appropriate design code. Despite their differences, these laws share a common focus on protecting children as technology evolves.

A California-based class action alleging website tracking violations under CIPA was transferred to New Jersey federal court, where the defendant's headquarters and decision-making occurred. The Northern District of California found that the locus of corporate conduct outweighed the plaintiffs' California residency and the California-only class, demonstrating that where tracking decisions are made can matter more than where users experience alleged privacy violations.

As artificial intelligence transforms software from deterministic tools into probabilistic systems that learn and generate content, traditional SaaS contracts have become structurally obsolete. Organizations now face unprecedented challenges in protecting proprietary data, maintaining regulatory compliance, and allocating liability when AI vendors use customer inputs to train models, generate outputs, and create derivative intelligence that may be functionally permanent.

Product counsel can transform legal from a bottleneck into a strategic partner by conducting structured legal risk assessments early in product development. Learn how to evaluate regulatory, privacy, IP, and operational risks through smart frameworks that enable innovation while protecting the business from irreversible exposures.